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Today, the New Orleans Saints, a team labeled by offense, travel to Houston to play another potent squad in the Texans (2-0). Saints head coach Sean Payton isn't so much concerned on whether his team can keep up with Houston, but rather whether his defense can stop the Texans.

"That'll be a good test for us," Payton said. "They do a real good job with their play action passing game. They do a good job of getting the ball down the field off of some of those run looks.

"There's still a handful of players that are going to have a lot of snaps not only on defense, but in the kicking game. I think that's going to be ...